1. Rescue Time

This is one of the easiest time trackers to use. You simply download it, allocate different websites and apps according to work or play and leave it.

Rescue time sends you a gentle reminder every week about time spent on work or distraction. This helps you to set goals and boundaries for yourself and improve your productivity during work hours.

2. TSheets

Tsheets helps when it comes to billing time. This app tracks and date stamps the activity on each of your client accounts, so you always have proof in the event of a query or audit.

This mobile app also gives your clients the ability to track your whereabouts when you say you’re working.

3. Toggl

Toggl integrates with over 100 web applications so you can log time from different browsers. It lets you know when deadlines are approaching or overdue too.

The app provides visual reports of your time expenditure based on tasks and time vs pricing.

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4. Due

One of the most basic time trackers around, Due acts a self-activated counter for billing purposes. You simply start the time when you begin work for a specific client and stop it at the end of your session.

Due keeps track of idle time too, in case you forget to hit the pause button for any reason.

5. Sighted

Sighted works in a similar fashion to Due except it takes the manual labor out of billing. As soon as you mark a job as complete, Sighted creates the invoice and sends it off.

This can save a lot of time for math-challenged creatives who spend hours agonizing about invoicing.

6. Harvest

Harvest integrates well with other remote apps like Basecamp and is ideal if you’re splitting your time between projects. This app can monitor how much time you spend on each client without your intervention, even if you’re charging different rates.

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